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Rand Paul on Ferguson: "There is a very good chance that this had nothing to do with race."
3:44 AM - 24 Aug 2014 90 Retweets 25 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/24/rise-and-shine-and-chat-on-5/
"Let's say you're African-American and you live there, let's say none of this has to do with race. It might not, but the belief if you're African-American and you live in Ferguson, the belief is, you see people in prison and they're mostly black and brown, that somehow it is racial, even if the thoughts that were going on at that time had nothing to do with race.
"So it's a very good chance that had(sic) this had nothing to do with race, but because of all of the arrest and the way people were arrested, that everybody perceives it as, 'My goodness, the police are out to get us,' you know? And so that's why you have to change the whole war on drugs. It's not just this one instance."
More..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/24/rand-paul-hillary-clinton_n_5704507.html
Our bad.. we only "perceive it" as such.. Only Rand Paul in his infinite wisdom knows what's going on here... and there's a "very good chance that this had nothing to do with race "
I like this from the comment section at the link..
"So some white guy from Kentucky is telling the black people in Ferguson that its all in their head. Rand Paul doesnt know a dam thing about what its like to be black." anniebella
Michael Brown
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)...who called racism, "A bad business decision".
Nuff said...
Cha
(295,506 posts)http://factivists.democrats.org/rand-paul-falsely-claims-he-supports-civil-and-voting-rights-acts/
What a freaking surprise! Not.
bhikkhu
(10,707 posts)and not doing a very good job of it.
Cha
(295,506 posts)kysrsoze
(6,006 posts)sheshe2
(83,126 posts)Deaf Dumb Blind and full of White Privilege. Gawd that man is offensive. Hey, Randy, do you find the murder by cop of an unarmed black child offensive? Do you?
For the love of Gawd, where have you been, you dumb F**K! They don't arrest black people they shoot them to death. It's called murder, get a clue.
Thanks for the Op Cha. Well done.
Cha
(295,506 posts)Excellent question to put to Rand Paul, she. What this "dissent" is about.. not "drugs" as he tried to side step and distact from what is going On in Ferguson, MO.. that And the Racism that's been going on there for a Long Time.
Mahalo, she
sheshe2
(83,126 posts)The Huffington Post | By Braden Goyette
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Posted: 07/09/2013 11:05 pm EDT Updated: 07/10/2013 7:04 pm EDT
Chris Hayes: Rand Paul Has 3 Racist Strikes Now
"Strike one was in 2009 when Rand Paul's Senate campaign spokesperson was forced to resign over a horribly racist comment and historical image of a lynching -- I'm not making that up -- posted by a friend of his on his MySpace wall on Martin Luther King weekend, then allowed to remain for almost two years," Hayes said.
Strike two, Hayes added, was when Paul expressed reservations about the Civil Rights Act in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show. (Paul later said in a statement that he supports the Civil Rights Act "because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination in the public sphere and halt the abhorrent practice of segregation and Jim Crow laws."
"And now this. Southern Avenger on the Senator's staff," Hayes said. "Well, I'm sorry, Rand Paul. That's three racist strikes. You're out."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/chris-hayes-rand-paul-racist_n_3570440.html
And now Ferguson...
The man is a racist, Cha.
Cha
(295,506 posts)for his course to use another sport's analogy.
"Strike one was in 2009 when Rand Paul's Senate campaign spokesperson was forced to resign over a horribly racist comment and historical image of a lynching -- I'm not making that up -- posted by a friend of his on his MySpace wall on Martin Luther King weekend, then allowed to remain for almost two years," Hayes said.
Like arcane says in this thread.. "Rand Paul talks out of both side of his ass."
Rand Paul falsely claims he supports Civil and Voting Rights Acts
But Pauls previous statements on these topics cast serious doubts on his rhetoric this morning
Rand Paul on the Voting Rights Act: It was a time in our country when the color of your skin did need to factor into voting, but weve really gotten beyond that now. We have an African-American president. [Newsmax, 6/25/13] Stupid.
Rand Paul on the Civil Rights Act: I think its a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant, but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership. [Editorial Board, Louisville Courier-Journal, April 2010]
http://factivists.democrats.org/rand-paul-falsely-claims-he-supports-civil-and-voting-rights-acts/
What a freaking surprise! Not.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5439042
Thank you for the article, she.. very important to have this information on Rand Paul.. cause like it says in your link..
"Though Paul has drawn favor from liberals for his defense of civil liberties and opposition to America's wars, the MSNBC host argued on Tuesday night's installment of "All In With Chris Hayes" that it's impossible to take him seriously after the revelation that one of his aides used to be a neo-Confederate activist."
sheshe2
(83,126 posts)Oh yes he is indeed, Cha!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)(thanks Julia Roberts)
Cha
(295,506 posts)has nothing to do with "dissent" in Ferguson, MO.
Reptilian> Republican <Repugnant Rand Paul.. one of the better examples. Thanks Julia!
Mahalo fresh~
arcane1
(38,613 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)All the wealth he can steal from millions of American workers, retirees, youth and anything else that he can finagle. Crook, liar, thief.
Cha
(295,506 posts)applegrove
(117,885 posts)can you say race was not an issue. A 6'4" teenage white kid would not have made the police so scared.
Cha
(295,506 posts)history of racial profiling that Rachel Maddow went into depth about on her show soon after the killing on August 9th. There's been numerous racial slurs from the police exposed since the Protests began.
Michael Brown
Cha
(295,506 posts)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/ferguson-black-america_n_5694364.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
she http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025439166
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)from Ferguson to the War on Drugs?
Cha
(295,506 posts)Excellent question to put to Rand Paul, she. What this "dissent" is about.. not "drugs" as he tried to side step and distact from what is going On in Ferguson, MO.. that And the Racism that's been going on there for a Long Time.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5439101
freshwest
(53,661 posts)We still see...
These guys, who arent going to vote for this guys son
Because blacks weren't oppressed before the 'War On Drugs' and that's the only issue they care about, right?
Nothing like the Voting Rights Act, raising the minimum wage, protecting worker rights and all the rest that Rand voted against.
Because it's all about the pot, don't you know?
Yup, the Libertarians got a real winner with that one!
NOT...
glowing
(12,233 posts)Teabaggers; yet he wants to court young people who are against wars in general.. Like the drug wars and foreign wars. He talks out of both sides of his mouth hoping no one catches on when he's not plagiarizing... And he's probably prejudiced/ racist as all hell in his own hear knowing he grew up in the south and under his father's racist wing.
He bothers me so much and it's a damned shame he's in the Senate at all!!
Cha
(295,506 posts)out of both sides of his mouth.. hoping to catch those who don't know what the heck is going on. Unfortunately so many.
and some here on the DU want him to be president.
Cha
(295,506 posts)election season anyway.
So there's that.
SunSeeker
(51,295 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)as glowing pointed out, up thread.
Mahalo SunSeeker~
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)gordianot
(15,223 posts)"Us" needs to be changed to "some".
Cha
(295,506 posts)correct.
What do you mean.. "Us" needs to be changed to "some"?
gordianot
(15,223 posts)Various agendas in my opinion those who dispute agendas the strongest have agendas of their own. Justice is not blind she peeks through that blindfold.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)base, JD.
Like a comment from the link says..
"So some white guy from Kentucky is telling the black people in Ferguson that its all in their head. Rand Paul doesnt know a dam thing about what its like to be black." anniebella
Rand Paul knows exactly what he's doing .. and doing it very well.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)Honestly, RP? Just that one instance of the residents being called animals by a local cop was enough to disprove your B.S., but if that doesn't make you think.....what will?
Good post, Cha.
Cha
(295,506 posts).. trying to distract from the prevalent racism while attempting to keep his racist base happy.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)"Whitesplaining" Ferguson while attempting to keep his racist fan base happy.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)He's had a lot of practice talk out of both sides of his mouth. For instance, his doubletalk--not to mention outright lies--about his opinion of the Civil Rights Act.
Bob Cull at Americans Against the Tea Party recently wrote a piece about a Rachel Maddow segment in which she replayed a previous interview in which, after much effort on her part to extract the truth, he admitted believing that the Act had over-reached by forbidding open-to-the-public businesses to reject African-American customers.
But finally admitted to Maddow that he doesn't support that part.
Cull says Maddow then played a clip from Paul's recent interview with NBCs Casey Hunt...
You noted in your speech you support the Civil Rights Act, Hunt said. But specifically, do you think that private businesses should be allowed to discriminate based on race?
Predictably, Paul replied with a terse, No.
So youve changed from when you said before you were concerned about that title? She asked.
I never said before, Paul lied.
http://aattp.org/rachel-maddow-exposes-tea-party-racist-rand-pauls-civil-rights-act-lies-video/
The man is a serial liar.
Cha
(295,506 posts)XRubicon
(2,212 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)XRubicon
(2,212 posts)Cheers!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)This coming from a guy that would turn the clock back to the Jim Crow times.
Cha
(295,506 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)What a guy!
More like a racist dickbag.
Cha
(295,506 posts)Hopefully, you all will get Alison Lundergan Grimes next year!
Imagine the chutzpah of that "racist dickbag" going out and pushing the line that "there's a very good chance this has nothing to do with race".
blackspade
(10,056 posts)He should know better, but I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree....
As for Grimes, I can only hope that she takes out the turtleman.
McConnell has been a pox on this state for too long.
Cha
(295,506 posts)blackspade
(10,056 posts)As a state, we seem to define "voting against our interests."
It's pretty tragic.
Cha
(295,506 posts)what a BIG piece of shit.
Cha
(295,506 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)but he is going to run anyway. I hope these examples of his politics are plastered everywhere by the DNC. Like I say, I hope.
Cha
(295,506 posts)anywhere near our White House. He'll keep his racist fan base well intact.
Cha
(295,506 posts)Thank you, napkinz!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Fool me once ... um ... can't get fooled again!
Cha
(295,506 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)You're a white police officer and you're patrolling in a residential neighborhood with apartment buildings and you see two teenage black guys walking in the street. And in the all white community where you actually live there are probably white kids skateboarding in the middle of the street of a residential neighborhood. Which neighborhood do you decide to get tough in and utter expletives to tell those in the street to get the fuck away?
Cha
(295,506 posts)Exactly, aint no life nowhere.
niyad
(112,053 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)Cha
(295,506 posts)losing his racist base?
It's an insult to thinking people's intelligence in Ferguson, MO and those who care about them, Peacetrain.
Michael Brown
Peacetrain
(22,836 posts)is beyond me. I do not understand for the life of me.. how some attack the Democrats our President, our Democratic leadership on every thing, and try to point out the positives of this little character.. beyond my understanding for sure
Cha
(295,506 posts)flamingdem
(39,300 posts)Some statesman!
Cha
(295,506 posts)Senators from Kentucky, flamingdem.